About Us
Our Approach - Think. Ink. FUND. ® Framework
The Think.Ink.FUND® Framework is our time-tested and patented approach to grant writing that gets grants for our clients year after year. It starts with aligning your strategy so that you can properly position your work to the funder and implement sustainable practices to win grants year over year.
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Our Think.Ink.FUND.® Framework was born nearly a decade ago and helps our clients consistently win grants. Think and Ink Grant Consulting® was founded to solve a problem we saw far too often in the nonprofit sector.
Before launching the firm, our founder served as both a nonprofit leader seeking funding and as a corporate foundation program manager, helping distribute over $1.2 million annually to nonprofits. From both sides of the table, one thing became clear: too many organizations were missing the mark in their grant applications.
Common pitfalls included:
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Applying in a rush without a clear strategy
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Misreading what funders were truly asking in each question
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Underestimating the level of execution funders expect
The lesson then—and even more so today—is that grant success starts with strategy.
At Think and Ink Grant Consulting®, we do more than write grants. We lead with strategic grant consulting, helping organizations create a well-crafted, funder-aligned approach before putting pen to paper.
This method consistently leads to stronger, more competitive proposals and a greater ability to secure funding for the invaluable work of those we serve.
Our name reflects our philosophy: Our Think.Ink.FUND.® Framework helps you "think" strategically and then "ink" winning proposals.
Mission Statement
Think and Ink Grants® provides customized, grant writing solutions to help your organization “think” through grant-seeking strategies and “ink” competitive proposals.
Vision Statement
We help organizations change the world
Theory of Change
If organizations work with Think and Ink Grant’s grant writers and consultants, they can gain access to the highest-quality professional grant writing advice, understand their organizational needs, communicate their unique value, and effectively tell their stories.
Think and Ink Grants® can be the team in their corner with specific knowledge to help nonprofit leaders transform grant strategies and increase grant funding.
Together, we can improve the status of the most vulnerable - women, children, health, and education, and start changing the world community by community.
Our Seven Corporate Values
1. We put our clients first. We work with you where you are and help you advance to where you want to be.
2. We value and celebrate diversity in all forms through our clients, contractors, employees, and suppliers.
3. We believe in the value of human connections. Being connected with each other, our clients, our friends, and families, and our communities not only makes us better human beings but better employees.
4. We believe in doing things right the first time. It's not always easy or convenient to do the right thing, but doing right is always right- the first time.
5. We believe in performing at a level of utmost excellence, for ourselves and for our clients.
6. We are committed to ethical decision-making. We uphold codes of ethics as outlined by the organizations we are members of, the Grant Professionals Association and the Association for Fundraising Professionals.
7. We invest and are committed to improving our communities by volunteering our time, energy, and talents.
Think and Ink Grant Consulting® is a Certified B Corp
B Corp Certification means that Think and Ink Grant Consulting® has been verified as meeting B Lab’s high standards for social and environmental impact, that it has made a legal commitment to stakeholder governance, and that it is demonstrating accountability and transparency by disclosing this record of performance in a public B Corp profile.
Our work is guided by the following six pillars:
We uphold the following Declaration of Interdependence:
